Mountain precipitation in the Western United States is critical for the water resources of the region, but resolving spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation in complex terrain is challenging due to lack of observations, ...

Tree canopy snow interception is a significant hydrological process, capable of removing up to 60% of snow from the ground snowpack. Our understanding of canopy interception has been limited by our ability to measure whole ...

The availability of forcing data required to drive distributed hydrological models is significantly limited within mountainous terrain and at higher elevations due to the spatial scarcity of observations. Previous studies ...

Accurate model representation of liquid water percolation through snow is crucial for snowpack runoff forecasts. Here, we investigate model representation of liquid water percolation with both parameter-based and ...

The frequent mid-winter accumulation and ablation cycles of snowpack within the rain-snow transitional zone play an important role for the maritime basins along the western U.S. mountain ranges. Representation of transitional ...

Atmospheric moisture content is a critical factor in both the water balance and the energy balance for a river basin. Despite its importance to hydrology, atmospheric moisture is sparsely measured, particularly in the ...